New York Minute

One day in New York City, as Jane Ryan tries out for an overseas college program and her sister Roxy schemes to meet her favorite punk rockers, a series of mishaps throws their day into chaos. In order for them both to accomplish their goals, the normally adversarial sisters decide to unite against the forces around them.

Jane and Roxy (Roxanne) Ryan don't get along but have to on their way from Long Island to New York City. Jane is an overachiever who is trying to win the Callahan Fellowship scholarship abroad and Roxy is a rebel who is trying to sneak backstage a shoot with Simple Plan to hear her demo tape. Somehow Jane's dayplanner causes them to get in the middle of a black market deal involving a computer chip that the limo driver is after(they find it in a pork roll). They also are accused of kidnapping the senator's dog, Reinaldo after he EATS the pork roll including the chip. Jane gets arrested but Jim the bike messenger helps her out. They can't fail or Roxanne could end up in a convent school and Jane might not have her college dreams come true. In the end the sisters come closer with Roxy prepared to 'be' her twin siser to try and win her the scholarship when Jane is arrested.

Over a 24 hour period, 17-year-old sisters Jane and Roxy Ryan, adversaries who begrudgingly journey together from their Long Island home to New York, where overachiever Jane is due to deliver a speech to qualify for a prestigious college scholarship abroad. Meanwhile, laid-back punk rock rebel Roxy hopes to get backstage at an underground music video shoot for punk pop band Simple Plan so that she can slip her demo tape to the group. However, Roxy and Jane's plans go awry when a mix-up involving Jane's day planner lands them in the middle of a shady black-market transaction. Pursued by an overzealous truant officer and accused of kidnapping a dog belonging to a senator, the Ryan's must find a way to work together to thwart the forces threatening to jeopardize Jane's college dreams and ship Roxy off to a convent school.

The story takes place during the course of one day in the lives of twin sisters Roxy and Jane. The two journey to New York City. Jane to present a speech and hopefully win a prestigous college scholership. Roxy to slip her demo to the group Simple Plan at the shooting of a new video. Things get complicated when the two land in the middle of a shady black market transcation, are chased by an overzealous truent officer (Eugene Levy), and are accused of stealing a Senators dog

Jane Ryan and her sister Roxy, two sisters who just can't get along have to learn to when they travel from Long Island to New York City. Jane must get her Callahan Fellowship scholarship to enter a prestigious college while Roxy hopes to get backstage at an underground music video shoot for punk pop band Simple Plan so she can slip her demo tape to the group. While getting there, they are chased by an overzealous truant Officer Lomax for being accused for stealing Senator Anne Lipton's dog.